Status indicators in tabs

[Sean Egan]

On 6/26/07, Hylke Bons <h.bons at student.rug.nl> wrote
> I don't have a problem with it. It gives a better overview to me and it
> allows grouping.

I think the problem is that "tabs" are an obvious physical metaphor,
and a row of toggle buttons isn't quite as intuitive. This was the
main reason I wanted to kill the list we had in the Preferences
window.

See: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000060.html

-s.